Beyond Belief: The Secret Gospel of Thomas
By: Elaine Pagels
3.70
Format: 186 pages, Hardcover
Pagels, a writer & thinker on religion & history, winner of the National Book Award for The Gnostic…
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1. The Wisdom Jesus: Transforming Heart and Mind
By: Cynthia Bourgeault
4.12
Format: 237 pages, Paperback
If you put aside what you think you know about Jesus and approach the Gospels as though for the fir… read more
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"A sophiological Christianity focuses on the path."-Cynthia Bourgeault, The Wisdom Jesus: Transforming Heart and Mind
"It's not about right belief; it's about right practice."-Cynthia Bourgeault, The Wisdom Jesus: Transforming Heart and Mind
"To mourn is to touch directly the substance of divine compassion."-Cynthia Bourgeault, The Wisdom Jesus: Transforming Heart and Mind
"As we enter the path of transformation, the most valuable thing we have working in our favor is our yearning."-Cynthia Bourgeault, The Wisdom Jesus: Transforming Heart and Mind
2. Heart of Darkness and The Secret Sharer
By: Joseph Conrad
3.51
Format: 168 pages, Paperback
Heart Of Darkness. The story of the civilized, enlightened Mr. Kurtz who embarks on a harrowing "ni… read more
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"The mind of man is capable of anything-because everything is in it, all the past as well as all the future. What was there after all? Joy, fear, sorrow, devotion, valour, rage-who can tell?-but truth…"-Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness and The Secret Sharer
3. Biblical Literalism
By: John Shelby Spong
4.11
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
A global and pioneering leader of progressive Christianity and the bestselling author of Why Christ… read more
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4. Misquoting Jesus: The Story Behind Who Changed the Bible and Why
By: Bart D. Ehrman
3.93
Format: 266 pages, Paperback
For almost 1,500 years, the New Testament manuscripts were copied by hand––and mistakes and intenti… read more
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5. Godless: How an Evangelical Preacher Became One of America's Leading Atheists
By: Richard Dawkins , Dan Barker , Dan Barker
3.97
Format: 392 pages, Paperback
One man shares the story of his transformation from evangelical Christian to atheist and examines t… read more
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"Scientists do not join hands every Sunday and sing "Yes gravity is real! I know gravity is real! I will have faith! I believe in my heart that what goes up, up, up must come down, down, down. Amen!" …"-Richard Dawkins, Godless: How an Evangelical Preacher Became One of America's Leading Atheists
"But we exist now. We are caring, intelligent animals and can treasure our brief lives. Why is eternal better than temporal, or supernatural "higher" than natural? Doesn't rarity increase value? God i…"-Richard Dawkins, Godless: How an Evangelical Preacher Became One of America's Leading Atheists
"Isn't atheism just another religion?' No, it isn't. Atheism has no creeds, rituals, holy book, absolute moral code, origin myth, sacred spaces or shrines. It has no sin, divine judgment, forbidden wo…"-Richard Dawkins, Godless: How an Evangelical Preacher Became One of America's Leading Atheists
"People are invariably surprised to hear me say I am both an atheist and an agnostic, as if this somehow weakens my certainty. I usually reply with a question like, 'Well, are you a Republican or an A…"-Richard Dawkins, Godless: How an Evangelical Preacher Became One of America's Leading Atheists
6. Beyond Belief: The Secret Gospel of Thomas
By: Elaine Pagels
3.70
Format: 186 pages, Hardcover
Pagels, a writer & thinker on religion & history, winner of the National Book Award for The Gnostic… read more
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7. Living Buddha, Living Christ
By: Thich Nhat Hanh
4.37
Format: 400 pages, Paperback
When you are a truly happy Christian, you are also a Buddhist. And vice versa." -- Thich Nhat Hanh … read more
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8. The Gospel of Thomas: The Hidden Sayings of Jesus
By: Harold Bloom , Marvin W. Meyer , Apostle Thomas
4.04
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
A new translation and analysis of the gospel that records the actual words of Jesus. Explores the g… read more
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9. Lost Scriptures: Books that Did Not Make It into the New Testament
By: Bart D. Ehrman
3.90
Format: 49 pages,
We may think of the 27 books of the New Testament as the only sacred writings of the early Xians, b… read more
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10. The Missionary Position: Mother Teresa in Theory and Practice
By: Christopher Hitchens
4.12
Format: 543 pages, Paperback
Among his many books, perhaps none have sparked more outrage than The Missionary Position, Christop… read more
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11. A History of God: The 4,000-Year Quest of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam
By: Karen Armstrong
4.40
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Armstrong, a British journalist and former nun, guides us along one of the most elusive and fascina… read more
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12. Jesus, Interrupted: Revealing the Hidden Contradictions in the Bible & Why We Don't Know About Them
By: Bart D. Ehrman
3.95
Format: 315 pages, Hardcover
Picking up where Bible expert Bart Ehrman's New York Timesbestseller Misquoting Jesusleft off, Jesu… read more
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13. Look Homeward, Angel
By: Thomas Wolfe
3.75
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
The stunning, classic coming-of-age novel written by one of America's foremost Southern writers A l… read more
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14. The Horse, the Wheel and Language: How Bronze-Age Riders from the Eurasian Steppes Shaped the Modern World
By: None
3.67
Format: 348 pages, Hardcover
Roughly half the world's population speaks languages derived from a shared linguistic source known … read more
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15. Lost Christianities: The Battles for Scripture and the Faiths We Never Knew
By: Bart D. Ehrman
4.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
The early Christian Church was a chaos of contending beliefs. Some groups of Christians claimed tha… read more
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16. The Gospel of Judas
By: Bart D. Ehrman , Marvin W. Meyer , Rodolphe Kasser , François Gaudard , Gregor Wurst
3.56
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
For 1600 years its message lay hidden. When the bound papyrus pages of this lost gospel finally rea… read more
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17. The Case for God
By: Karen Armstrong
4.05
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Moving from the Paleolithic age to the present, Karen Armstrong details the great lengths to which … read more
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18. How Jesus Became God: The Exaltation of a Jewish Preacher from Galilee
By: Bart D. Ehrman
3.87
Format: None pages,
New York Times bestselling author and Bible expert Bart Ehrman reveals how Jesus's divinity became … read more
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19. The Gospel of Mary Magdalene
By: Jean-Yves Leloup , Jacob Needleman , None
4.33
Format: 128 pages, Paperback
Restores to the forefront of the Christian tradition the importance of the divine feminine * The fi… read more
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20. Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth
By: Reza Aslan
3.96
Format: 236 pages, Hardcover
From the internationally bestselling author of No god but Godcomes a fascinating, provocative, and … read more
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21. Field Notes for the Wilderness: Practices for an Evolving Faith
By: Sarah Bessey
4.49
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
A nurturing and hopeful collection of practices to help an emerging generation of Christians reconn… read more
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"And yet religion in our modern era seems mostly concerned with systematizing theology, charting time lines, answering questions, and making God small and knowable. We have created a God we can regula…"-Sarah Bessey, Field Notes for the Wilderness: Practices for an Evolving Faith
